History
What title did Linnaeus earn for his contributions to the science of taxonomy?
Father of Taxonomy
What are the domains within our current taxonomy system?
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
What is the system called by which we give organisms a scientific name?
binomial nomenclature
What is “an advantageous trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in a specific environment?”
adaptation
What historical figure was the first recorded person to attempt to classify living organisms?
Aristotle
What is the term we use for a "level" within our current taxonomy system?
taxon/ taxa
Write the scientific name of this animal
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Carcharodon
Species: Carcharias
Carcharadon carcharias
what part of a phylogenetic tree indicates a population of common ancestors?
nodes
What were the two groups Aristotle made?
Plants and animals
What are the kingdoms within our current taxonomy system?
animals, plants, protists, archaea, fungus, eubacteria
Write the shortened version of the scientific name of this organism:
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Naegleria
Species: Fowleri
N. fowleri
What type of diagram do we use to show a hypothesis of how organisms are related due to shared physical features (ex. Jaw, backbone)?
cladogram
Genus and Species
What factor determines whether two organisms are in the same species?
if they can mate and produce viable, fertile offspring
Why does a scientific name focus upon genus and species (and not the other levels of taxonomy)?
A scientific name is a name for a specific organism. Those levels are the most specific.
What type of diagram do we use to show a hypothesis of how much time has passed since two species diverged from a shared ancestor?
phylogenetic tree
What 5 levels did Linnaeus's taxonomy system have?
Kingdom, class, order, genus, species
What are the current taxa in our system from most general to most specific?
Domain-Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species
What are the non-simplified AND simplified scientific names of this organism? One group member must write them on the board properly.
Species: Meningitidis
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Genus: Neisseria
Kingdom: Eubacteria
Family: Neisseriaceae
Phylum: Pseudomonodota
Neisseria meningitidis
N. meningitidis
mutations, physical barriers, natural selection